diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libssh b/config/rootfiles/common/libssh
index d0b55519f..f1c62b25a 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libssh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libssh
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 #usr/lib/cmake/libssh/libssh-config.cmake
 #usr/lib/libssh.so
 usr/lib/libssh.so.4
-usr/lib/libssh.so.4.10.3
+usr/lib/libssh.so.4.12.0
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libssh.pc
diff --git a/lfs/libssh b/lfs/libssh
index 26d41dd38..90e0618c6 100644
--- a/lfs/libssh
+++ b/lfs/libssh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 0.11.3
+VER        = 0.12.2
 
 THISAPP    = libssh-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 859e4af9bf6305e54175e456d153a85e678a6fc49ac184dbe09d94ab01dde42f0321f5a2ac35cf4ca9df188daab6c4bf3171dcd8a3776419a3a1a20474ccf89a
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 1cb3b2b05e399181dd215502bb1802fb8d428249f809ba166a90903f67825dac1d4639d57177b3f820529759f61a58e58a51d3502e24ef68c86e4804f4c8b738
 
 install : $(TARGET)